Mangaluru: Puttur Town police have registered two cases for allegedly selling Kerala lottery tickets illegally in Puttur on Wednesday.Police received information that Kerala lottery tickets were being sold at a shop on the main road in Puttur Kasaba village. Assistant sub-inspector Vasu Naik, along with police personnel, raided the shop and questioned its owner, Srinivas Pai, 33, a resident of Puttur Kasaba. He allegedly admitted to procuring Kerala lottery tickets and selling them illegally at higher prices.In another case, police raided a pan shop near in Puttur Kasaba village following information about the illegal sale of lottery tickets. Assistant sub-inspector Gangadhara A B and his team questioned the shop owner, Lakshmana, 42, a resident of Padnur village in Puttur. He allegedly admitted to procuring lottery tickets from Kerala and selling them illegally in Karnataka. Police seized the tickets and registered a cases under Section 7(iii) of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act. Further investigation is under way in both cases.
